more urgent

(I wrote this a decade ago. I think it is still of value for reflection.) I heard this today: “Forming people in Christ as a slow work, so it can’t be hurried; it is an urgent work, so it can’t be delayed.” Eugene Peterson said it. He’s the pastor and teacher who “wrote” The Message. […]

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Who you hang out with can change you.

Peter and John stood in front of the leaders of their tribe. Imagine a random Catholic talking to the Pope and cardinals, an ordinary citizen in front of the Supreme Court or the President’s cabinet, a student in front of the university president and faculty, you in front of the people you grew up being […]

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How 2 ordinary guys confounded religious scholars.

Peter and John stood in front of the leaders of their tribe. Imagine a random Catholic talking to the Pope and cardinals, an ordinary citizen in front of the Supreme Court or the President’s cabinet, a student in front of the university president and faculty, you in front of the people you grew up being […]

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all the answers

I started the day trying to figure out why a computer wasn’t connecting to the Internet. I powered a couple things off and back on. I took a different computer and connected it directly to the modem. I was working to identify what the problem wasn’t so I could figure out what it was. One […]

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you all are gonna really see something

You gotta wonder what was going through Jesus’ brain sometimes. I mean, he knew everything, but I wonder if the living in real-time and the living outside of time ever allowed him to laugh. (I know. I gotta let  you into what I’m thinking.) Nathanael was impressed that Jesus could see what he (Nathanael) had […]

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